Studio Budíkov

A documentary of the autumn 2003 expedition on Shisha Pangma, the last conquered eigh-thousand-meter peak in Tibet. The film shows not only the technical difficulties of the ascent, but also the broad context and history of Himalayan mountaineering.

Third episode of the second season of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi II'. The second season goes beyond the 14 eight-thousanders and is dedicated to the most significant achievements of Czech climbers in the Himalayas. This third episode focuses on the ascent of the north face of Talung by Marek Holeček and Zdenek Hruby in 2013, for which they were nominated to the Piolet d'Or in 2014.

Sixth and last episode of the second season of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi II'. The second season goes beyond the 14 eight-thousanders and is dedicated to the most significant achievements of Czech climbers in the Himalayas. This last episode focuses not on big climbing achievements, but on the alpine trekking and to expeditions to the remote parts of the Himalayan ridge, that are gradually gaining popularity.

Second episode of the second season of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi II'. The second season goes beyond the 14 eight-thousanders and is dedicated to the most significant achievements of Czech climbers in the Himalayas. This second episode focuses on the exceptional ascent to Kapura South by Marek Holeček and Zdenek Hruby in 2008, and in the 2013 expedition to the south west face of Gasherbrum I in which Zdenek Hruby suffered a fatal accident.

Fifth episode of the second season of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi II'. The second season goes beyond the 14 eight-thousanders and is dedicated to the most significant achievements of Czech climbers in the Himalayas. This fifth episode documents three significant expeditions by Radek Jaros in his pursuit to complete the so-called Crown of the Himalayas, the ascent of all eight thousand Himalayan peaks.

Fourth episode of the second season of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi II'. The second season goes beyond the 14 eight-thousanders and is dedicated to the most significant achievements of Czech climbers in the Himalayas. This fourth episode focuses on czech ascents to K2. It reviews the two ascents by Josef Rakoncaj in 1983 and 1986 and the newer ascents by Leopold Sulovsky, Libor Uher, Pavel Bém, Radek Jaros and Jan Travnicek.

First episode of the second season of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi II'. The second season goes beyond the 14 eight-thousanders and is dedicated to the most significant achievements of Czech climbers in the Himalayas. This first episode introduces the series makes a review of the most important Czech Himalayan expeditions from the pioneers to the present time.

Seventh episode of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi'. The episode focuses on two achievements: The 1984 ascent to the south face of Lhotse Shar, and the 1991 first Czech Everest ascent, by Leopold Sulovsky. The first feat is considered as one of the most important achievements in the Himalayas in the 80s. The expedition, led by Ivan Galfy, solved what Messner qualified as 'the problem of the year 2000'. Czechs Stejskal and Rakoncaj, and a Slovaks Božík and Demján made the first ascent.

Sixth episode of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi'. In May 1983, a large Italian expedition to K2 was planned. Josef Rakoncaj, with Austrian Kurt Diemberger and Julie Tullis had the task of filming the expedition. Who would have thought that the Czech climber would take the camera to the top of the mountain? In 1986, Rakoncaj ascended again K2, just two weeks later, he climbed Broad Peak, both without oxygen, becoming the first in making the doublet.

Fifth episode of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi'. The episode focuses on two mountains: Makalu and Kangchenjunga. Karel Schubert made the first Czech ascent to an eight-thousander, Makalu. Schubert died in the descent. Seventeen years later Leopold Sulovsky made an ascent in alpine style, and in 1998, the ascent by Josef Šimůnek and Soňa Vomáčková was the first woman ascent without the use of supplementary oxygen. In 1981, Záhoransky and Psotka made the first Czech ascent to Kangchenjunga.

Fourth episode of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi'. The episode focuses on two mountains: Cho Oyu and Shisha Pangma. Cho Oyu was first climbed in winter in 1985 by the Czech mountaineer Jaromír Stejskal and Slovakian Dušan Becíkand in an international expedidion led by Canadian Roger Marshall. About Shisha Pangma, it wasn't climbed by a Czech mountaineer until 1990, when Josef Rakoncaj stood on top of it. Next Czech ascent was five years later by Oldřich Rypl, Stanislav Šilhan, Petr Skřivánek and Josef Šimůnek.

Third episode of the historical series on the Czech Himalayan expeditions 'Ceske himalajske dobrodruzstvi'. The episode focuses on two legendary mountains: Dhaulagiri and Nanga Parbat. In 1984 Three members of a Czechoslovakian expedition (Jan Simon, Karel Jakes, Jaromir Stejskal) climb the west face to the summit, a 4,000 meters high wall, one of the highest in the world. Simon died during the descent. In 1992, Josef Rakoncaj and Josef Nežerka made the first Czech ascent to Nanga Parbat.